{"id":19054,"date":"2013-11-08T02:33:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T10:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/?p=19054"},"modified":"2024-01-25T08:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T08:36:24","slug":"musicians-comebacks-when-asked-to-play-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/musicians-comebacks-when-asked-to-play-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Musicians&#8217; comebacks when asked to play for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;re a seasoned musician or a new one trying to jumpstart a career, I&#8217;m pretty sure you are very familiar of &#8220;offers&#8221; from bar owners, filmmakers, friends&#8230;err, just about anybody \u00a0to let you play music for free venue, free drinks, exposure and everything else except monetary compensation.<\/p>\n<p>They believe that&#8217;s the way things should roll for musicians. They believe they&#8217;re giving you a big favor to showcase your talents.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re one lucky chap, then!<\/p>\n<p>Here are the best comebacks by musicians who are enraged of these &#8220;hotshots&#8221; who are asking for their free services:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_19 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-light-blue\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/musicians-comebacks-when-asked-to-play-for-free\/#when-tv-industry-people-say-they-have-no-budget-for-music\" title=\"WHEN TV INDUSTRY PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE &#8220;NO BUDGET&#8221; FOR MUSIC\">WHEN TV INDUSTRY PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE &#8220;NO BUDGET&#8221; FOR MUSIC<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/musicians-comebacks-when-asked-to-play-for-free\/#when-fellow-musicians-want-your-talent-for-free-for-their-tour\" title=\"WHEN FELLOW MUSICIANS WANT YOUR TALENT FOR FREE FOR THEIR TOUR\">WHEN FELLOW MUSICIANS WANT YOUR TALENT FOR FREE FOR THEIR TOUR<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/musicians-comebacks-when-asked-to-play-for-free\/#when-the-bars-say-its-for-exposure\" title=\"WHEN THE BARS SAY IT&#8217;S FOR EXPOSURE\">WHEN THE BARS SAY IT&#8217;S FOR EXPOSURE<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/musicians-comebacks-when-asked-to-play-for-free\/#when-they-say-you-charge-too-high\" title=\"WHEN THEY SAY YOU CHARGE TOO HIGH\">WHEN THEY SAY YOU CHARGE TOO HIGH<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/musicians-comebacks-when-asked-to-play-for-free\/#when-they-hate-contracts\" title=\"WHEN THEY HATE CONTRACTS\">WHEN THEY HATE CONTRACTS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"when-tv-industry-people-say-they-have-no-budget-for-music\"><\/span><strong>WHEN TV INDUSTRY PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE &#8220;NO BUDGET&#8221; FOR MUSIC<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/musician-wage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19059\" title=\"musician rights\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/musician-wage-520x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am sick to death of your hollow schtick of the inevitable line &#8220;Unfortunately, there&#8217;s no budget for music&#8221;, as if some fixed Law of the Universe handed you down a sad but immutable financial verdict preventing you from budgeting to pay for music.<\/p>\n<p>Your company set out the budget. So you have chosen to allocate NO MONEY for music. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plugola\/status\/398213627812909056\/photo\/1\">[via]<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"when-fellow-musicians-want-your-talent-for-free-for-their-tour\"><\/span><strong>WHEN FELLOW MUSICIANS WANT YOUR TALENT FOR FREE FOR THEIR TOUR<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Amanda Palmer\u00a0Palmer put up a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amandapalmer.net\/blog\/20120821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">casting call on her blog<\/a>\u00a0seeking freelance musicians from each of the 30-odd cities on her tour.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the catch: In this case, the players in question have to attend a soundcheck rehearsal and play the show&#8230; for free, paid only in beer and hugs\/high\u2014fives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some of the responses:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/musicianwages.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19064\" title=\"Amanda Palmer play free\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/musicianwages-520x99.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda Palmer ask play free\" width=\"520\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you fucking serious?!!? I suppose you&#8217;re doing this tour just for the fun of it? Are YOU getting paid in hugs and merch? Oh wait, that&#8217;s right, people GAVE you money before you even did anything. I hope no pro musicians donated to your fundraising. If they did they deserve a refund.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Capture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19069\" title=\"Musicians comeback play for free\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Capture-520x209.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda Palmer comebacks\" width=\"520\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, looking back at your ultra successful kickstarter and your request\u2026 Here you are, and you&#8217;ve raised over $1 million for your tour and album release. Here we are as musicians on foodstamps, maxing out their credit cards to keep the lights on, are hoping that we have enough money to pay next months rent, and have instruments that are in need of repair, need to be replaced, and even need to be insured. We are looking at you now and your request for musicians to come play with you for free, and most of us have even fallen in love with you and your music, and how do you think we&#8217;ll respond? We&#8217;re f*&amp;king perplexed, agitated and disheartened, to put it mildly! What would you say to you if you were in our shoes? I have a pretty good guess&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5943112\/amanda-palmer-asks-musicians-to-play-for-free-pisses-off-musicians\">[via]<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"when-the-bars-say-its-for-exposure\"><\/span><strong>WHEN THE BARS SAY IT&#8217;S FOR EXPOSURE<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/EXPOSURE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19073\" title=\"EXPOSURE\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/EXPOSURE-520x118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Definition of\u00a0<em>general<\/em>\u00a0exposure:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There will be a room full of people, and there will be you. You will play your music. It will travel through the air between you and the people, and the people will hear this music. In this way you will expose yourself to these people, and it\u2019s conceivable that they will care one way or another.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But I\u2019m telling you, this kind of general exposure is usually not valuable.<\/p>\n<p>If the situation is not targeted to the kind of audience that you are looking for, you\u2019ll waste your time. Say you are a sci-fi string band and you get a call to play at a Star Trek convention \u2013\u00a0<em>that<\/em>\u00a0is good exposure.<\/p>\n<p>But say the same band gets a call to play the Christmas party for a ladies luncheon group. Sure, it\u2019s possible that someone at that luncheon will be a sci-fi fan and care, but the odds are not good. [via]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"when-they-say-you-charge-too-high\"><\/span><strong>WHEN THEY SAY YOU CHARGE TOO HIGH<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19056\" title=\"price of musicians\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/O1ZsK-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"joke price of musicians\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll tell you what. Call the plumbers&#8217; union and ask for six plumbers to work from 6 til midnight on Saturday night. Whatever they charge you, we&#8217;ll work for half.<a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/O1ZsK\">[via]<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"when-they-hate-contracts\"><\/span><strong>WHEN THEY HATE CONTRACTS<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you ask for a written-out agreement for what has been discussed between you and the gallery\/dealer\/client either, and A. He\/she exclaims, \u201cThat\u2019s not how we do business in the real world!\u201d and makes you feel incredibly awkward for even asking; or B. Refuses to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Run. Run as fast as you can from that place and don\u2019t ever look back, except to warn your friends.<\/p>\n<p>The truth of the matter is that contracts and written agreements are rarely used in the art world. This is not a good business practice, but it\u2019s honestly what happens.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you want to have a written out agreement of what has been discussed in terms of pricing, commission, and so forth (and you should want this, at least early in your relationship with the person you\u2019re working with), it\u2019s your right to have it and no one should make you feel crappy for requesting it. [via]<\/p>\n<p>When you get tons of &#8220;offers&#8221; everyday from people who want your services for free, it gets reaaaaalllly annoying and insulting to the point that you&#8217;d doubt the path you&#8217;ve chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t. Just be wary of opportunists and say NO to giving free services not only for your career, but for other musicians who take a stand against &#8220;Free&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you believe that the offer is too good to pass up (i.e. you&#8217;ll have the chance to impress key people), then by all means go for it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19081\" title=\"artist free work quote\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/I-am-an-artist-this-does-not-mean-i-will-work-for-free-I-have-bills-just-like-you-thanks-you-for-understanding-516x530.jpg\" alt=\"artist quote work for free\" width=\"516\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><b><i>James Hill<\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0is a veteran of the music industry. He first worked at Warner Reprise Records then later joined Interscope\/ Geffen Records where he managed producers and songwriters and got his first platinum record for Keyshia Cole\u2019s The Way It Is. He is now helping indie artists with branding and manufacturing through his company\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Unified Manufacturing<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>, a CD\/DVD,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/vinyl-pressing\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">custom vinyl records<\/a> and merch company in LA.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;re a seasoned musician or a new one trying to jumpstart a career, I&#8217;m pretty sure you are very familiar of &#8220;offers&#8221; from bar owners, filmmakers, friends&#8230;err, just about anybody \u00a0to let you play music for free venue, free drinks, exposure and everything else except monetary compensation. 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